Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Supply Chain
StaffSupplierIntegrationManager-ARC
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“Staff Supplier Integration Manager - ARC at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Skills: Supplier Integration, Supply Chain Strategy, Technical Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management. Create global supply chain strategies. Execute global supply chain strategies”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve product cost; Achieve supply chain readiness; Achieve supply chain reliability
Industry & Context.
Solve tough problems; Identify gaps; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Broad ambiguous problems
Typing for extended periods, Standing for extended periods, Sitting for extended periods, Willingness to travel, Work required nights, Work required weekends, On-call regularly, Work in hazardous facility, Compliance with Export Control Laws
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Expert in technical sourcing, Experienced in uncertain environments, Comfortable in low TRL environments, Capable of serving as senior face of CFS, Speak languages of plasma physicists, engineers, material scientists, Speak directly to Executive Leadership Team, Marshal internal resources and consensus
Nice to Have
Previous experience with Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Venture formation experience, Strategic partnership framework development experience
What You'll Do.
Create global supply chain strategies
Execute global supply chain strategies
Integrate supply chain with design teams
Improve and simplify CFS designs
Conduct supplier searches
Build supplier relationships
Manage supplier relationships
Negotiate long-term agreements
Negotiate high-value agreements
Drive powerplant value engineering
Drive cost reductions
Drive technology selection
Increase TRL of fusion hardware
Develop techno-economic models
Advise on company acquisitions
Develop joint ventures
Drive public private partnerships
Drive supply chain readiness
Drive supply chain reliability
Develop category strategies
Develop commodity strategies
Support customer diligence
Support sponsor diligence
Support partner diligence
Support investor diligence
Develop scope for new projects
Develop budget for new projects
Develop schedule for new projects
Develop strategic plan
Execute strategic plan
Align strategies with business growth
Align strategies with new product introductions
Build relationships with supplier leadership
Deepen relationships with supplier leadership
Align with Engineering
Align with Technology
Align with Operations
Manage sourcing processes
Manage sourcing performance
Prepare briefing materials
Write research results
Publish research results
Manage organizational effectiveness
Gather intelligence on supplier health
Inform Sr. Leadership of risk
Propose countermeasures for risk
Conduct supplier business reviews
Communicate supplier performance
Conduct business evaluations
Serve as escalation point
Resolve corrective actions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Chief Engineer; Partner with R&D organization; Partner with Fusion Economics teams; Feedback loop to R&D; Feedback loop to engineering; Advise Supply Chain teams; Advise Open Innovation teams; Advise Government Affairs teams; Advise C-Suite teams; Support Investor Relations teams; Support Business Development teams; Support Corporate Finance teams; Support Engineering teams; Align with Engineering; Align with Technology; Align with Business; Align with Operations; Align with Finance; Align with Quality; Collaborate with external partners
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Technical writing; Public facing presentations
Process & Methodology
Project management, Process improvement, Work plans, Milestones
Full Job Description
## Description About Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy. Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future. We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world. Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team. If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you. Join the power movement as a Staff Supplier Integration Manager CFS confronts exciting but significant challenges associated with the supply chain for ARC and other new products and projects. Key challenges for ARC include: (a) producing a design that leads to a very cost competitive and producible (deployable) product (b) managing high levels of technical uncertainty and (c) an expensive and operationally difficult path to begin building ARC power plants. The Staff Supplier Integration Manager (SSIM) will create and execute global supply chain strategies fully integrated with CFS design teams and in close partnership with other functions including R&D, business and corporate development, Open Innovation, and government affairs. This strategy development will include focused and highly technical efforts to improve and simplify CFS designs with practical knowledge of supply chain capabilities, focused on major improvements to product cost and other key metrics. It will require deep, continuous, and insightful research into new technologies, evolving market conditions, and other key trends. The SSIM will also conduct global, creative and systematic supplier searches, and build and manage complex, senior
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